SEARCHING FOR THE BEST LOCATIONS OF SERVICE FACILITIES ALONG THE FREEWAY

TWO MODELS WERE USED TO FIND THE OPTIMAL LOCATIONS OF THE SERVICE FACILITIES ALONG A FREEWAY. THE FIRST ONE IS A SIMULATION MODEL, CALLED FREEQ, WHICH CAN BE EMPLOYED TO GENERATE ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION SUCH AS TOTAL TRAVEL TIME OR INDIVUDUAL AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME ON THE FREEWAY, PROVIDED THAT THE DEMAND PATTERN AND THE PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF THE FREEWAY ARE KNOWN. BASED UPON THESE RESULTS, AN OPTIMIZATION MODEL IS USED TO SEARCH FOR THE BEST LOCATIONS OF THE SERVICE FACILITIES SO THAT THE TOTAL DELAY TIME CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT OR THE RESPONSE TIME OF THE SERVICE UNIT IS MINIMIZED. /NTIS/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Operations Research Center, 3115 Etcheverry Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720
• Authors:
  • Chow, W M
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 1972-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency response time; Freeways; Location; Mathematical models; Optimization; Reaction time; Roadside rest areas; Service stations; Simulation; Traffic delays
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway service facilities
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226591
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 25 1973 12:00AM